COMPANY - WHO IS CASCADE?

Chris attained his trade as a Carpenter but his passion was always travel and surfing. He was able to link these two together while working as a Air Chef for Qantas Airlines. Here he perfected his cooking skills, mastering the art of first class service and travelled the far ends of the world finding waves and making friends. On these travels he met Moana David the Tahitian Surfing champion. The two became good mates and started the first surfing Pension in Tahiti - Moana's Surf Tours. The business was succesful and over the years became the place to stay for travelling surfers in Tahiti.

During an extended layover in Tahiti Chris decided to to join a friend of his on a large fishing vessel travelling up to the remote Tuamotu Islands400 kms north of Tahiti. Always in search of a new surf spot Chris loaded his board and gear on the boat. The very next morning he was jumping off to surf spots that had probably never been surfed before. Chris found and logged a myriad of spots that captured both North and South swell. He was stoked and at that time decided it was he would share this special place with his friends from around the world.

It was then the idea of running a surf charter boat in these remote and beautiful islands. Chris along with his good friend Pat Boyle from NY and Moana David decided to buy a really sturdy ocean going vesell for live aboard surf tours to these places. They formed a Tahitian Blue Water Dream based in French Polynesia.

Chris scoured the boat sale yards of America and Australia everntually finding Cascade on the Gold Coast. At close to a $1mill Aussie Dollars she wasn't cheap but her sturdy naval architect design and good condition would make an ideal vessel for the task.

Chris then assembled a small crew and organised to sail Cascade from the quiet waters of Queenslands Gold Coast all the way across the Pacific to Tahiti a journey of about 8,ooo kilometers. Young and enthusiastic the Chris and his crew headed off to Tahiti. As they neared Fiji they came straight into the path of a massive cyclone which was whipping up huge waves. Following a hunch that the harbour was not the place to hide out Chris and the crew headed for the open sea. Fighting agianst montainous seas they were in danger of being swamped. Luckily they found a massive Taiwanese fishing boat battened down to ride out the storm. Chris pulled up on the lee side of the ship and rode out the remainder of the storm.

The next day the full extent of the damage in Fiji became evident with some boats in the harbour ripped from the moorings and deposited up onto the land.

After about 2 weeks the weather worn crew finally sailed into Tahiti's Papeete harbour. Luck was still shining on Chris and very first charter to the Tuamotu's emerged in conjunction with Australia's Surfing Life and Surfer magazine the Super Trip was borne. On board were the future top 10 and world champions Andy Irons, Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning and CJ Hobgood.

Since then Chris has continued his passion for water sports by becoming a Master Seaman

Chris's reputation continues to grow throughout the surfing world and he recently became the Contest Director for the Billabong Teahoupoo Pro in Tahiti for three years in a row. Chris is respected by the surfers and the sponsors for his total professionalism and great sense of humour. With Chris you are in safe and experienced hands, he will lead you on an adventure to great waves and great times.

Moana David   

Moana along with his brother Vetea are Tahiti's surfing ambassadors. Moana himself a great surfer has together with Chris operated Moana Surf Tours, a land based camp for the last ten years on the main island of Tahiti. Moana is an experienced seaman, surfer and fisherman who will show you that classic friendliness so famous in the South Pacific.